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-UNITED STATES VPATENT OFFICE..

PHILIP J. VORN ANVD PHILIP A. O. KOBER, OLI-PHILADELPHIA, PA.

PLAY-BILL HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,757, dated October 16, 1883.

Application filed July 12, 1882, (No model.)

.To all whom t may concern:l

Be it known that we, PHILIP J. VORN and PHILIr A. 0. KOBER, citizens of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania. have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Play-Bill Holders; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and'use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or gures of reference marked thereon, whiehforma part of this specication.

The object of our invention is to produce a holder, to be sustained by a nail or otherwise at public places, to hold any size theater and other bills, to expose them to the view of the public, so they may be removed separately without injury to the reading-matter, and the balance to remain in their position. It can be constructed of either wood or metal. IVe obtain this object by the mechanism illustrated in accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the holder; s

Fig. 2, a vertical section of the saine.

A is the front part or board, and it may have the name and place of the bills represented painted or printed thereon.

B B are brackets fastened to the back, and

are provided near their endswith slots D, as shown, to allow space for the top of bills to be suspended.

C is a roller sustained by end fastenings in the lower part of brackets B. In the rear'of 35 slots D are teeth inserted in roller G, bent to incline toward the rear part of A. `The roller C has a cam action. Its supports are eccentrically arranged relative to its diameter, so that when bills are inserted in the slots between A and B B the roller will incline by its own weight toward the top when the bills are pierced by teethlD and held iirrnly, so they can be withdrawn singly without disturbing` the remainder, and by a backward movement PHILIP J. WORN. PHILIP A. O. KOPER.

Witnesses:

HENRY PoLsZ, JAMEs L. Goon.

Yof the roll the teeth D can be Withdrawn and 

